America's Super Bowl

I just watched Kristin Chenoweth sing the National Anthem at the opening of the NFC Championship game. A huge American flag was displayed on the playing field. As she sang, the crowd roared and cheered with patriotic fervor. Hopefully, for the few minutes of the song, thousands of people in that stadium and watching on TV felt the exceptional spirit of America.

The outstanding teams on the field are symbols of the competitive spirit of our nation. Those who work hard and strive for success are often rewarded with it. But some teams will win and some teams will lose. Those that lose will retrench and retrain and try again! They don't whine and complain about fairness. Imagine how ridiculous it would be if a player was told to give up his super bowl ring because it wasn't fair that the players on the losing team didn't get one!

Some win and some lose. This is true in sports, in business, in life! This principle is inherent in the concept of capitalism. In a capitalistic economy, the goal is making a profit. Just like winning is the goal in a football game, making a profit is the goal in business. Like football teams, some businesses succeed and some don't. Profit is the catalyst that creates a free market, that generates jobs, that grows businesses, and that runs our economy.

Government doesn't create profit. Government shouldn't decide which businesses will be winners and which will be losers. Government interference in the free market has a negative effect on business growth and prosperity. What would happen if the football referees, instead of the coaches, would decide which plays could be made on the field, so that the game would be "fair" to everyone? Referees, like government, can have limited power to protect against abuses, but not to control the team itself or the outcome of the game!

The Obama administration and the Democrats want to be in control. They want to call the plays. They want to control the game, so they argue about "fairness" and try to convince people that the "winners" are not giving their fair share!

We want a Super Bowl that really defines the best of football. We need to have a Super Economy that defines and produces the best of the free market capitalistic system. With a thriving economy, we will all be winners.